Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-11-04

Alex Stamm has sold his barber
shop and bath rooms to Bennett and
Charles VIM, and will start on Mon
day morning for Elsinor. California,
where William Varcoe is engaged III
business. The VIM brothers will
conduct both their old shop and the
one recently purchased. Bennett will
remain at the old stand and Charlie
will run the shop and bath rooms
formerly occupied by Stamm under
Martin & Toay's hardware store.
The boys about town played some
wild pranks on Halloween. People
who were astir on the business streets
at an early hour on Tuesday morning
found things in strangely disorgan-
lied condition. Saloon and billiard
hall signs which could be detached
from their proper positions were made
to do service in front of other business
houses owned by ardent prohibitionists,
gates were carried off, and various
other mischievous and practical jokes
were INDUCED in. Indeed there was
abundant evidence that "the dell had
business on his hand" the night before
and had not neglected it.
The Western Union telegraph COM
pany has issued circular announcing
a reduction Of the maximum tariff on
messages between all offices east of the
Mississippi river to sixty cents for the
first ten words and four cents for each
additional word. The reduction also
includes a large number of points
west of the river. While the old rate
from Mineral Point to New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn and
Washington was rs and the new rule
will be 60 and 4. This reduction is
made in consequence of the consol-
odation of the Baltimore and Ohio
lines with the Western Union.
While returning home from town on
Tuesday afternoon, Adam Goelz, of
Diamond Grove, met with severe
accident. At the top of Spensleys hill
a team coming behind frightened the
team of horses which he was driv-
ing, and as he accidently dropped one
line he was unable to control them.
The wagon was overturned and he was
thrown heavily to the ground, break
ing a rib and seriously brusing his
body. He was taken up and carried
into the house of Edwin Prideaux, and
DR.. Tallman was summoned to attend
him. He was soon afterwards removed
to his own home and is now in fair
way of recovery. The team was stop
ed just as they tipped over the wagon
and did no further damage.
Some days ago stranger appeared
at Mark Terrill's hotel in this city,
with road cart and a fine horse, which
he wanted to sell or trade. Mark
thought of buying the horse, and got
into the cart to drive him and test his
.paad A c he drove off w O Clark
who was standing by, remarked that
he knew the horse, and that it
was a trotter belonging to Eugene
of Ridgeway. The stran-
ger heard Clark's remark, and disap-
peared, and did not show up when
Mark returned with the horse. Clark
went to Ridgeway the next day and
found that a man representing him
self as collector for the Challenge
windmill company, had hired the horse
of Dougherty some days before, and as
he had not returned, had been followed
by Gene over the country to Monroe,
Argyle and other points, but neither
horse nor man could be found. Upon
hearing Clark's story Julius Kurth
came over and took the horse and rig
back to Ridgeway. The wherea bouts
of the thief is unknown.